AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42
Ok guys...there's no hope to stop him ashore...he has already unloaded 23,000 men after the first night...managed to take off(not disable, took off...don't ask me how) the 9.2 CD guns at Tricomale which now relies only on the 6 CD guns...[:(]...He bombed with his ships Colombo (luckly causing light damages) and Tricomale (here the unluck is that the bombings were really uneffected so the AF is still open...[:o]...my torpedo bombers at Colombo tried to interdict, but managed to sink only a useless CL...[>:]....losing 27 planes in the process...
My 4Es are far from being ready and i cannot rely on my light bombers, considering that he'll put hundreds of zeros at Tricomale as soon as the base falls...mmmm...it's quite hard to say what i can do at the moment...
Anyway, Jim, i've already started few days ago to airlift what i could from Burma...however it takes a lot of time and those units that cannot be airlifted have to march all over the mountains...well, i'll try, but i think those units will be lost anyway.
I agree with you that he's going for the big plan. I'd have done the same.
I've already planned a strategical retreat. My major bases in the midland on India are already garrisoned (even if lightly) in order to keep an open gate against his Paras... However at this pace it's quite impossible to stop him...there are already coming the transports from Singapore (see picture below)....that means more 200,000 men ready to invade the sub-continent....
Yes, India is lost. Simply. You're all right. I can only save my back and keep Aden and Karachi open for the coming back...
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TF 10 encounters mine field at Colombo (11,25)
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami, Mine hits 1
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TF 14 encounters mine field at Trincomalee (13,25)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.18
MSW W.15
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.8
MSW W.7
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
MSW W.3
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
AK Takao Maru, Mine hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
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Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 11,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
81 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 4
CA Furutaka
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 12
CA Nachi
CA Haguro, Shell hits 3
CA Myoko, Shell hits 10
Allied Ships
AK Edward Luckenbach, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 5
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2
At least we shot back!
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Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 11,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.[:(]
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 3
CA Mogami
Allied Ships
AK Edward Luckenbach, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Talma, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Trincomalee, at 13,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 4
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
BB Kongo
Allied ground losses:
577 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Port hits 1
No luck with mines this time.....[:o]
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Naval bombardment of Colombo, at 11,25
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CL Kinu (only one ship???? sounds strange)
Allied Ships
AK Edgar Luckenbach, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edward Luckenbach, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coquina, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
AP Talma, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
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TF 14 encounters mine field at Trincomalee (13,25)
TF 14 troops unloading over beach at Trincomalee, 13,25
Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.18
MSW W.15
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.8
MSW W.7
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
MSW W.3
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 7
PG Hakkaisan Maru
PG Fukui Maru
PG Idzumo
PG Iwate
AK Takao Maru, Mine hits 8, on fire, heavy damage[:D]
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Coastal Guns at Trincomalee, 13,25, firing at TF 14
567 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.[:D][;)]
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 8, Shell hits 19
AK Fujikawa Maru
AP Horai Maru
PG Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
PG Idzumo, Shell hits 1
AP Kitano Maru
AP Kamo Maru
Japanese ground losses:
1152 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
At least some disable squads....
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TF 14 encounters mine field at Trincomalee (13,25)
TF 14 troops unloading over beach at Trincomalee, 13,25
Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.18
MSW W.15
MSW W.10
MSW W.9
MSW W.8
MSW W.7
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
MSW W.3
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
PC Ch 8
PC Ch 7
PG Hakkaisan Maru, on fire, heavy damage
PG Fukui Maru
PG Iwate
PG Idzumo
AK Takao Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Coastal Guns at Trincomalee, 13,25, firing at TF 14
338 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Idzumo
AK Atutasan Maru
AP Horai Maru
PC Ch 8, Shell hits 15
AP Rakuyo Maru
AP Shoka Maru
CL Kashima
AP Ayatosan Maru
PC Ch 7
AP Mikage Maru #2
AP Katori Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hakozaki Maru
Japanese ground losses:
967 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trincomalee at 13,25
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 5
Buffalo I x 4
Hurricane IIb x 3
Vildebeest IV x 12
P-40B Tomahawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hikawa Maru
This was the attempt made by my air forces...well...cannot say it couldn't go a bit better considering the light CAP...
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Sub attack at 11,27 (near Colombo)
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33
Allied Ships
AK Taiyuan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
While my subs aren't able even to try to fire a torp...[:@]
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